Text and pictures/Liao Muhong
“When the moon is cold in the river, the morning glory and weaving girl period.”
The romantic Chinese Valentine’s Day is the “Chinese Valentine’s Day” in the eyes of the public, but in Huangpu, in addition to the romantic and beautiful lover’s date, the Chinese Valentine’s Day is also the annual Qiqiao Culture Festival!
Sisters gather, beg for skill and skill. The annual Babaylan Festival is almost the most lively day in the various ancestral halls of Huangpu.
01 Ancient ancestral hall and Meizi House
Huangpu is full of profound cultural heritage, and has a good inheritance of traditional culture, and a strong festive atmosphere.
There are more than 700 ancient relics of Huangpu, including many ancient ancestral halls. BabaylanEvery year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, the ancient ancestral hall is always decorated by QiaojieBabaylan, and the ancient ancestral hall is suddenly refreshed.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform is also called “Fengqiniang”. According to the size of Babaylan, “Peng Qi Niang” is divided into two forms: “Peng Qi Niang” and “Peng Xiao Qi Niang”. “Shopping Xiaoqiniang” is also known as “Meizai House”, and is mostly held by a single family or a joint household in his own hall. “Shopping Daqiniang” must be held in the ancestral hall, only once every few years. On the day of the festival, every household gathered in Komiks’ hall to prepare for the tribute platform of Qiuqiao, and put on their own works. Everyone prepared to prepare for Qiuqiao’s vegetarian food, and put on Qiniang, worship Qiniang, sing Cantonese opera, and enjoy the fun of playing tricks.
The author learned from Lao Qiaojie that in the past, under the altar of “My Zi’s House” and “Set Qi Niang”, there were usually pillows and mats. When Qiaojie was begging for fun until late at night, Qiaojies rested and watched the night under the altar, and was having fun.
The ancient ancestral hall, with the careful decoration of Qiaojie, KomiksThe flowers are colorful, rejuvenated and show new charm! The clever sisters also use their own good skills to make the customs of begging for the Chinese Valentine’s Day into a clever show.
△Qiqiaotu/The works of Qiaojie Luo Huijuan
These lifelike works carry the meaning of the beautiful festivals and are passed down year by year.
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The “Show Qi Niang” in ancient buildings
HuangpuCinema “Show Qi Niang” on the Qixi Festival is the most important thing for Babaylan!
In addition to the “Qi Niang Plate”, “Qi Niang Shoes” and “Qi Niang Clothes”, tea, wine, rice lanterns, grain towers, incense tables and archways, etc., the placement of other clever products on Gongtai also takes time to think about.
The altars of each ancestral hall have their own characteristics, and combined with the decorations of each ancestral hall to form a unique style. Let’s take a look together! (The ranking is in no order)
Xiufu Mogong Temple
Xiufu Mogong Temple is located in Shabian Street, Hengsha Community, Hengsha Community, facing north and south, with a hard mountain top, a herringbone volcanic gable wall, gray plastic ridge, ash tiles, wood carved eaves boards, and blue bricks and stone feet. It is a typical Lingnan building.
Every year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, Xiufu Mogong Temple becomes a sea of flowers. The Gongtai gongtai on the Qixiu Fu Mogong Temple is mainly made of flowers, either with rice, millet, or with pearl stone fabric, and wrap and paste into various flowers.
From a distance, various flowers shine together, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Come and see, do you recognize what these flowers are made of?
Look at the courtyard of the ancestral hall carefully. On the potted plants in the courtyard, the flowers that are blooming brightly are also CinemaIt bloomed from the hands of Qiaojie. The color is bright and beautiful so that it is fake and real. If you want to see the Gift Flower Awards, come to the Mogong Temple~
Miaotou Zhang Family Ancestral Hall
The Zhang Family Ancestral Hall, located in Miaotou Village, Suidong Street, Huangpu District, was built in the Song Dynasty and has been around for more than 900 years. It is one of the oldest buildings in Huangpu District today and a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou.
The building materials of the ancestral hall are all shipped from abroad, with high quality and durability. The paving floor adopts five-slab stone style, which is different from the three-slab style model of ordinary ancestral halls, showing its grandeur.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform of the ancestral hall is placed with the right spatial distribution, ensuring that every Komiks work can find the best display position.
The Zhang Family Ancestral Hall at the Miaotou can be said to be one of the best atmospheres in the Qixi Festival Gongtai. The ancient ancestral hall buildings are decorated with lanterns and colorful colors, and the festive atmosphere is full!
Guangren Family School LuoCinemaPublic Temple
Guangren Family School Luogong Temple is located in Hengsha Shuxiang Street. This ancient street is more than 260 meters high. There are 53 private ancestral halls in the Qing Dynasty. The blue bricks, gray tiles and stone slabs make this old street full of ancient charm.
The annual tribute tribute is mostly held in the Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School. Every year, a plate of golden pineapples must be placed on the tribute platform of Guangren Family School, as well as gold and silver baskets arranged on the left and right. This means that this is the Qixi Festival altar of the Luo Family Ancestral Hall.
The Qiaojies in the Queqiao Group of Guangren’s Family School are very enthusiastic and have arranged the small private school very exquisitely. Whenever someone comes to watch Babaylan, Qiaojies will introduce them to you very enthusiastically.
Zhu Family Ancestral Hall
Zhu Family Ancestral Hall was built by Zhu Cheng to commemorate Zhu Xi, a great-grandson of the Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi who opened the village. The ancestral hall was first built between the Song and Yuan dynasties. It has gone through more than 700 years of ups and downs, but it is still safe.href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan is intact.
Walking into the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, the walls on both sides are full of words and pictures, and the details are recorded in the history of Zhu Family ancestors, Zhu Xi, a Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist, Zhu Cheng, the ancestor of the Zhu Family, and Zhu Family Ancestral Hall.
Since the renovation of Hengsha Zhushi Ancestral Hall in 2000, the villagers of the Zhu family gather here to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival every year. Qiaojie, the largest in the village, is over 90 years old.
Every year, the carousel lanterns in the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall are very distinctive. The elegant lanterns contrast with the ancestral hall, making the romantic night of the Qixi Festival even more brilliant.
Every year, Qiaojie will bring out their excellent works and send them to the Huangpu District Cultural Center for exhibition. If you want to see Qiqiao’s works up close, you can visit the Huangpu District Cultural Center!